Opportunity for emerging leaders from refugee backgrounds

Passionate about changing attitudes to refugees? Want to develop your leadership skills in refugee rights, media, education or arts & social change? From a refugee background?

Applications are invited for emerging leaders from refugee backgrounds to support the production of Refugee Week 2019. Funded by Ben and Jerry's Foundation, the new Refugee Week leadership project aims to ensure the perspectives and expertise of people who have experienced displacement are at the heart of Refugee Week.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to:

• Receive free leadership training and mentoring
• Undertake a short paid internship, where they will to help produce a Refugee Week event or project
• Contribute to the Refugee Week Conference in February
• Input into national Refugee Week strategy meetings

For more information and to apply, go to www.bit.ly/refugeeweekleadership